UK seeks Muslim Scout leaders

London, May 11, IRNA – Britain’s Scout Association has launched a campaign to encourage more members of Muslim communities to become Scouts volunteers.

The campaign, supported by Mosaic mentoring charity, aims to open more opportunities for young community leaders to experience the adventure of scouting and address the urgent need for adult volunteers with 33,500 on the organization’s waiting list to join.

“Scouting is a well loved British institution that teaches young people valuable lessons and develops key skills that will help them through life,” Mosaic operations director Jonathan Freeman said at the launch in London on Monday.

Freeman said more Muslims were being urged to take up a “leadership role and inspire the thousands of children that are currently without a leader and therefore unable to take part.”

The Scout Association provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for 400,000 young people aged 6-25 in Britain and over 28 million internationally in 215 countries.

In the UK, there are 29 Scout groups with a predominantly Muslim membership and Mosaic is the first Muslim-led organization to promote Muslim communities’ involvement in Scouting./end